Workplace

The Center believes the workplace is an important venue for promoting worker health and safety both on and off the job.Total Worker Health® occurs along a continuum and where to start will depend on each workplace’s unique culture and current levels of health, safety, and well-being programs. Our online resources are designed to help employers, particularly small employers and those with limited resources, adopt Total Worker Health programs, practices, and policies. View our video series and learn how employers can utilize evidence-based techniques to tailor the Total Worker Health approach to their workplace.

Additional Resources

NIOSH Essential Elements – Guide for employers to reduce workplace hazards and promote worker health and well-being. Includes both guiding principles and practical directions for implementing effective programs through a set of 20 components divided into four areas: Organizational Culture and Leadership; Program Design; Program Implementation and Resources; and Program Evaluation.

SafeWell Practice Guidelines– Developed by the Harvard Center for Work, Health & Well-being, these guidelines provide a model, strategies, and resources for integrated approaches to worker health. Included are descriptions of organizational processes, selected concrete tools, and links to other existing tools and resources to build, implement, and evaluate comprehensive worksite health programs.

NIOSH Total Worker Health: Let’s Get Started! – A web portal to help practitioners get started with Total Worker Health. Information and tools on how to integrate health protection and health promotion practices, policies and systems is featured. Check out the following links to get started: